different between aeroplane vs planelike

English

Alternative forms

• aëroplane (dated)
• airplane (US)
• æroplane (nonstandard, dated)

Etymology

From French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ??? (a?r, “air”) + ?????? (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.[1];[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.??.ple?n/

Noun

aeroplane (plural aeroplanes)

1. (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, India, Britain) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

Usage notes

Canada officially uses aeroplane, and this word was also formerly used in the US, but that country now uses airplane. Some speakers in those places (Canada and the United States) may still idiolectally use aeroplane, however.

Derived terms

• plane
• hydroaeroplane (dated)

Related terms

• aero-
• plane

Translations

Verb

aeroplane (third-person singular simple present aeroplanes, present participle aeroplaning, simple past and past participle aeroplaned)

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
   • 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)

     The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.

See also

• aircraft
• glider
• helicopter
• airplane

English

Etymology

plane +? -like

Adjective

planelike (comparative more planelike, superlative most planelike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a geometrical plane.
2. Resembling or characteristic of an aeroplane.